R. A. Mashelkar biography: born in Goa in 1943, the chemical engineer transformed India's CSIR laboratories and led the successful fight against…
Cyrus Poonawalla biography: born in Pune in 1941, he founded the Serum Institute of India in 1966 and built it into the…
Prathap C. Reddy biography: born in 1933, the cardiologist founded Apollo Hospitals in Chennai in 1983, India's first corporate hospital, and started…
Yusuf Hamied biography: born in 1936, the chairman of Cipla offered AIDS drugs to Africa at a dollar a day in 2001…
I. G. Patel biography: born in 1924, the economist advised Indian governments for three decades, was Governor of the Reserve Bank and…
B. N. Rau biography: born in 1887, the civil servant and jurist prepared the first draft of India's Constitution as Constitutional Adviser…
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur biography: born in 1887 into the Kapurthala royal family, she was Gandhi's secretary, India's first Health Minister and the…
Durgabai Deshmukh biography: born in 1909, the freedom fighter and lawyer founded the Andhra Mahila Sabha, sat in the Constituent Assembly and…
Nani Palkhivala biography: born in Bombay in 1920, the lawyer who argued the Kesavananda Bharati case defended the Constitution in court and…
Kasturbhai Lalbhai biography: born in 1894, the Ahmedabad textile magnate founded Arvind Mills and Atul and helped create IIM Ahmedabad and many…
Sir Dorabji Tata biography: born in 1859, Jamsetji Tata's elder son founded Tata Steel and Tata Power, sent India's first team to…
Laxmanrao Kirloskar biography: born in 1869, he made India's first iron plough, founded the industrial township of Kirloskarwadi and began the Kirloskar…
